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hogger

hogger

9.8
A thing that handles pigs or someone who drives a train engine
  • noun
  • /ˈhɔɡər/
  • Slang
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  • After years of training, she finally became a certified hogger on the freight line.

Examples

  • The experienced hogger was responsible for ensuring the locomotive ran smoothly during the trip.

  • The hogger climbed down off the mill looking a little dazed.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • As a skilled hogger, he expertly maneuvered the train through the challenging terrain.

Synonyms

railroader
vshogger
  • US
1 4.8

A person who works for a railroad, for example on trains or helping run it

refers specifically to the train operator role rather than any railroad employee
engine driver
vshogger
  • UK
1 3.3

A person who controls a train's engine

is an informal regional term rather than the neutral professional label

Surface Forms

hogger singular
hoggers plural

Morphology

hogger = hog (semi-transparent) = hog + er

The 'one who handles hogs' reading is transparent, but the locomotive-engineer reading depends on a specialized railroading slang sense, so the overall item is only partly predictable.

Etymology

Hogger can mean a person or machine that works with hogs ('pigs') or, in rail slang, the locomotive engineer. A helpful way to remember both uses is to think of someone who handles hogs or 'drives the hog', so a hogger is either a hog handler or a train driver.